PAULINE (DODGE) STEVENS DANIELSEN
Mary Pauline (Dodge) Stevens Danielsen was born the second child of five children to Burton Josiah, D.O. and Maude Miller (Morton) Dodge on November 3, 1904 at Palisade, Nebraska. She departed this life Saturday morning, February 5, 2000 at the Andbe Home in Norton, Kansas at the age of 95 years, 3 months and 2 days.
Pauline, as everyone came to know her, moved to Alma, Nebraska from Palisade when she was 8 years olds. She attended school at Alma, where she graduated from high school with the class of 1923.
In December of 1923 she was united in marriage to Leon Claire Steven at Alma. To this union two children were born, a daughter, Winona Pauline, and a son, Leon Hugh Stevens. Pauline graduated from Kearney State Teachers College at Kearney, Nebraska. They made their home in Benkleman, Nebraska, and then they moved back to Alma. Pauline's husband, Leon, preceded her in death in 1933.
On August 10, 1936 she was married to Henry Grover Danielson at Phillipsburg, Kansas. They made their home on a farm 8 miles south of Alma. They moved to Long Island, KS in the 1950's. Pauline taught at Alma, Long Island, Almena, Herndon, Hill City, Bloom and Kirwin, Kansas. She was a devoted teacher and touched many lives. She retired in 1974 after 35 years of teaching. Pauline enjoyed China painting and made many beautiful lamps and dishes. She loved to do oil paintings and quilts. She was an avid Nebraska Cornhusker fan. In 1958, her husband Henry passed away. She returned to Long Island, KS in 1980, and to Alma in 1983. In 1996, Pauline moved to the Andbe Home at Norton.
She was a member of the First Christian Church in Alma, a past member of the Order of Eastern Star at Alma and a member of the NEA.
In addition to her husbands, she was preceded in death by her father in 1936; her mother in 1956; 2 brothers, Burton Dodge at 11 months, and Charles Dodge; and 2 sisters Lois Genevieve and Anna Vada, both in infancy.
She leaves to mourn her passing a daughter Winona Amen and husband Walter of Iliff, Colorado; son L.H. "Steve" and wife Marlene Stevens of Bishop, California; 8 grandchildren; 19 great grandchildren; 12 great-great grandchildren; other relatives and many friends.